Frequentis is an

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n high-tech company that develops communication and information systems in fields such as

air traffic management 334x334px, Air traffic management (ATM) is an aviation term encompassing all systems that assist aircraft to depart from an aerodrome, transit airspace, and land at a destination aerodrome, consisting of air traffic services (ATS) including air t ...

and

public safety Public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. It is often conducted by a state government to ensur ...

transport Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land ( rail and road), water, cable, pipelin ...

(

police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

, rescue and fire services, coastal rescue,

railways Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

, shipping, and others). Frequentis is a founding shareholder of GroupEAD Europe S.L., the service provider company operating the European Aeronautical Database on behalf of

EUROCONTROL The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised ''EUROCONTROL''), is an international organisation working to achieve safe and seamless air traffic management across Europe. Founded in 1960, Eur ...

, a project related to the

Single European Sky The Single European Sky (SES) is a European Commission initiative that seeks to reform the European air traffic management system through a series of actions carried out in four different levels (institutional, operational, technological and contr ...

, for which it is working on the first common voice communications system for Europe.

History

Frequentis was founded in 1947 in post-

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Vienna by Emanuel Strunz and Walther Hamm. The company's first contract was to assist in the construction of the Vienna II radio station. The company has since worked on a variety of different products, including steel hardening facilities and ultrasound therapy units. Frequentis constructed the air traffic control system at the

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. Hannes Bardach became the managing director in 1983, and later became the owner of Frequentis. In 1999, its US subsidiary was established. The company won the

GSM-R GSM-R, Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway or GSM-Railway is an international wireless communications standard for railway communication and applications. A sub-system of European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), it is us ...

dispatcher contract by Deutsche Bahn in

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in 2002. It won the contract to create an integrated communications system for the

London Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...

( Scotland Yard) in 2005. The contract for building the control centre for the

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public safety radio network Nødnett was obtained in 2006. Today, Frequentis and its associated companies employ staff at locations in over 50 countries. While the core business remains the air traffic management sector, the company also builds voice communication and information systems for defence, public safety, public transport and maritime markets. Since 14 May 2019, the shares of Frequentis AG are traded in the General Standard on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the prime market on the Vienna Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FQT (ISIN: ATFREQUENT09).

Acquisitions

In January 2016, Frequentis acquired its competitor and leading German ATM solutions provider Comsoft GmbH. The acquisition enabled substantial strategical advantage for Frequentis and it is expected to reinforce its presence in the ATM industry. The subsidiary has been renamed as Comsoft Solutions GmbH, and subsequently as Frequentis Comsoft GmbH. In 2021, the acquisition of business units from the listed US company L3Harris Technologies comprised voice communication product lines for civil and military air traffic control. In addition, Frequentis’ product portfolio now includes software and cloud solutions for air traffic synchronisation for en-route, approach, and airport air traffic control centres. The air traffic synchronisation solutions marketed by the German company Frequentis Orthogon are designed, among other things, to reduce air traffic emissions. The Australian company C4i extends Frequentis’ portfolio for military air traffic control in the very important Australian, US, and UK markets for encrypted and non-encrypted, cybersecure communications.

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Key Players for SESAR - Single European Sky ATM Research
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